Rookie Tim Duncan had 28 points and 16 rebounds and David
Robinson added 24 and seven to lead the San Antonio Spurs to
their 11th straight home win, a 109-67 romp over the Sacramento
Kings, who had a season-high four-game winning streak stopped.

Duncan shot 12-of-18 from the field and played just three
minutes in the fourth period after playing the entire first
three quarters. The Spurs outscored the Kings by 42 points
after the final three periods. San Antonio dominated inside,
outscoring the Kings in the paint, 62-36, and outrebounding
them, 43-28.

"We came out with real good energy tonight," Duncan said. "We
had a lot of players with live bodies tonight step out onto the
floor. Jaren (Jackson) and Reggie (Geary) gave us some energy
and tonight we got on top of them and never let them up. I felt
good tonight, I just never got tired and things kept rolling for
me. I just felt real good tonight."

It was the worst loss for the Kings since a franchise-record
153-91 setback at Golden State on November 2nd, 1991. It was
the biggest win for the Spurs since a 111-62 win over Vancouver
on November 8th, 1995.

Chuck Person grabbed nine rebounds and Avery Johnson handed out
11 assists for San Antonio, which has snapped a three-game
losing streak against Sacramento and won for the sixth time in
its last seven games overall.

Corliss Williamson scored 17 points and Michael Stewart added 10
for the Kings, who were looking to win five straight games for
the first time since December 19th-28th, 1996. Mitch Richmond,
who entered the game averaging 22.7 points, was limited to eight
points as he shot just 2-for-14.

"Defensively we were trying to help on everyone tonight," said
Richmond, who had his worst scoring performance since he was
held to four points in a 95-66 loss to the Detroit Pistons on
December 1st, 1996.

"For the first four of five minutes we played well," he added.
"Then Duncan and Robinson got going and everything broke down.
Their guys got in the lane and didn't move. David stayed right
in the paint and didn't move. They clogged it up tonight. I
thought I had some good looks but I couldn't knock them down.
Even my patented shots didnt seem to be falling tonight."

Williamson also pointed to San Antonio's huge edge in height.

"All that size makes a difference," said Williamson about the
Spurs. "It's like choose your poison with this team. At least
that's how it was tonight. It didn't seem like much of a war in
the paint. They were able to establish their inside game. We
started off strong with things going our way and we tried not to
come downcourt and take quick shots. But their height makes
that difficult."

Billy Owens grabbed 11 rebounds for the Kings, who were limited
to the third-lowest point total in the history of the Kansas
City/Sacramento era. Sacramento shot just 34.5 percent
(29-for-84) from the field, including 0-for-9 from three-point
range.

"We win a a lot more games when were able to hold opponents
under 40 percent shooting and getting our defense back really
playing well tonight is a good way to head into the road trip,"
said Duncan referring to a five-game trip that begins against
the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.

Richmond made a pair of free throws to give the Kings their last
lead, 31-30, with 9:56 left in the second quarter. Duncan's
tip-in gave the Spurs a 32-30 edge with 9:11 remaining in the
second.

Geary, who had seven points and four assists, followed with a
three-pointer and capped a 13-2 burst with a jumper for a 43-33
advantage with 5:29 to play in the first half. Duncan had 19
points and Robinson added 17 as the Spurs held a 56-41 advantage
at halftime.

"Our energy level was better tonight," said Robinson. "We
talked before the game about responding to the challenge and we
really did that tonight. Defense was a key tonight, we were
really able to stop them and frustrate them. They weren't able
to get anything easy and we didn't let the guys who can hurt you
do that all game."

Robinson's dunk cappped a 7-0 burst and brought the Spurs lead
to 64-43 with 8:07 left in the third quarter. Duncan capped
another 7-0 surge with a five-footer for a 73-47 advantage with
4:39 to go in the third. The Spurs took a 42-point lead for the
first time when Carl Herrera sank a six-footer with 61 seconds
remaining.

Sacramento shot just 25 percent (10-for-40) from the field over
the middle two periods and was outscored, 56-26.